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The Rise of the Graphic Novel

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alexander DunstSeries:Cambridge Studies in Graphic NarrativesPublish date:2023-07-20Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009182935ISBN-10:1009182935UPC:9781009182935Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Semiotics & TheorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZDBVE254
Bringing digital humanities methods to the study of comics, this monograph traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a representative corpus of over 250 graphic novels from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, it shows how the genre has built on the visual style of comics while adopting selected features of the contemporary novel. This argument positions the graphic novel as a crucial case study for our understanding of twenty-first-century culture. More than simply a niche format, graphic novels demonstrate how contemporary literature reworks elements of genre narrative, reconfiguring rather than abolishing distinctions between high and low. The book also puts forward a new historical periodization for the graphic novel, centered on integration into the literary marketplace and leading to an explosive growth in page length and a diversification of aesthetic styles.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009182935ISBN-10:1009182935UPC:9781009182935Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Semiotics & TheorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZDBVE254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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